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To RH Milroy from Mary Milroy April 20 1862

RHM_1862-336_a

(upside down)
Cicero and Mattie saw your picture in Ind.
a much larger size than I have, how
does it come that one has not been sent
to me? I am anxious to get one of a larger size.
Rensselaer, Ind
Sabbath Evening April 20th 1862
My Dear Robert,
I received your
letter of Apr 4th on last tuesday
evening, and am ashamed to
acknowledge that I have been so
much engaged and exhausted,
performing in door and out door
work, for Ben cannot do much
in the yard and garden unless
I am with him to direct and
teach him, that I did not see
when I could write. In the
evening after the children
have gone to bed is my best time
for writing, but then I was
so tired that I would tumble
into bed to rest. After I got the
children washed and put to
bed last evening I thought I would

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(upside down)
Cicero and Mattie saw your picture in Ind.
a much larger size than I have, how
does it come that one has not been sent
to me? I am anxious to get one of a larger size.
Rensselaer, Ind
Sabbath Evening April 20th 1862
My Dear Robert,
I received your
letter of Apr 4th on last tuesday
evening, and am ashamed to
acknowledge that I have been so
much engaged and exhausted,
performing in door and out door
work, for Ben cannot do much
in the yard and garden unless
I am with him to direct and
teach him, that I did not see
when I could write. In the
evening after the children
have gone to bed is my best time
for writing, but then I was
so tired that I would tumble
into bed to rest. After I got the
children washed and put to
bed last evening I thought I would

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This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.